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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 738 Draft 01 2006-2008COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. '7_ 'is? n~ A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) WHEREAS, on Apri19, 1986, under former Mayor Dante Carpenter, the Hawaii County Council approved a sister city resolution between Nago City, Okinawa, and Hawaii County; and WHEREAS, on June 13, 1986, a delegation from Hilo attended the sister city acceptance ceremony in Nago City; and WHEREAS, the group's visit included participation in an open-ocean "haazi" (dragon boat race) race; and WHEREAS, in 1988, state-wide planning began to commemorate the 90`s anniversary of Okinawan immigration to Hawaii, and it was decided that Hilo would host a haazi festival because of its close sister city relationship with Nago City; and WHEREAS, in 1989, a group of emissaries from Hawaii County went to Nago City to ask former Mayor Tetsuya Higa to donate three "sabani" (wooden fishing boats) for the haari festival; and WHEREAS, former Mayor Tetsuya Higa consented and commissioned a master boat builder to construct the sabani; and WHEREAS, on January 10, 1990, former Mayor Higa arrived in Hilo to formally present the three boats to former Mayor Bernazd Akana of the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, on August 18, 1990, Hui Okinawa sponsored the first haari boat race using the new sabani; and WHEREAS, former Mayor Higa sent his championship teams along with talented youth sanshin and koto performers to celebrate the cultural event and strengthen our sister city bond with Nago City; and WHEREAS, since that inaugural event, the Hui Okinawa Haari Boat Race Festival has been held in 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2008, bringing international teams and visitors to Hilo to compete and celebrate the cultural event; and WHEREAS, in 2001, a delegation consisting of over 30 paddlers, their chaperones, family, friends and other community members accompanied former Hawaii Council Chair James Arakaki to Okinawa to participate in the 2001 Nago City Haari Festival; and WHEREAS, the former Nago City Mayor Tateo Kishimoto welcomed the Hilo delegation and hosted the entire group during its weeklong stay; and WHEREAS, to commemorate the 2008 Hui Okinawa Haari Boat Race Festival, the current mayor of Nago City, Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, brought his championship haari team to Hilo to compete in the race; and WHEREAS, former Mayor Tetsuya Higa, now Chairman of the Board of Meio University (which enjoys asister-university relationship with the University of Hawaii at Hilo) sent his Eisa (Okinawan dance) group of talented youth who play sanshin, taiko and paranku drums to celebrate the cultural event and strengthen our sister city bond with Nago City; and WHEREAS, to show our deep appreciation to Nago City and its current and former mayors for all they have done for our county, Mayor Harry Kim and the Hawaii County Council hosted Mayor Shimabukuro and his delegation to a dinner during their recent visit; and WHEREAS, the budget for the Office of the Mayor did not anticipate the function and is lacking the necessary funding; and WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 3 will be appropriated to the Office of the Mayor to support hosting the sister city relationship with Nago City; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below: FUND: General AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION: $1,000 OUT AND FROM: 010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC -Contingency Relief $1,000 CREDITED TO: 010.111.5111.15 Office of the Mayor $1,000 Mayor's Entertainment (Nago City-sister city) BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this resolution to the Director of Finance and the Mayor, and that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this resolution. Dated at Kona , Hawaii, this 10th day of September , 2008. INTRODUCED BY: ~---- COUNCIL BER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County ofHawai`ion~~ntember 10, 2008 ATTEST: ~T ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX FORD X HIGA X HOFFMANN X IKEDA JACOBSON X NAEOLE X PILAGO }{ ~ YAGONG X -TO X 9 0 0 0 • Comm. 1429/waived/FC TION NO.